Novak Djokovic’s Australian Open Title Charge Meets an Unexpected Twist as Authorities Pose an Extreme Challenge

Amidst the scorching rallies and electrifying serves, Novak Djokovic has made his way to the Australian Open quarterfinals! However, reaching the Australian Open quarterfinals was not a particularly difficult task for him, but making it through might be a little difficult for him. Even though he is considered unstoppable on the court, looking at his tennis record, he might have to face and complete an expected task to stay alive in the tournament.

After playing and giving his 100% in all four rounds of the tournament, the 24-time Grand Slam champion might be in a tough spot created by the schedule makers. Let’s take a look at how the schedule makers might unknowingly challenge him in his run to the Australian Open final.

Novak Djokovic to face an unexpected task in the quarterfinal

Everybody is waiting to witness whether this tournament will be the same for the 36-year-old Serbian tennis player this year or if things will be different. As heat waves and the strong summer weather are some of the tough challenges to face during the tournament, Djokovic might be left in a compelling situation by the schedule makers to deal with the soaring temperature.

The world’s number-one-ranked tennis player will play a day match twice in a row. He played a day match for the fourth round of the tournament, and now he will play under the soaring sun once again in the quarterfinals. While it will be a huge task for him, to make it to the final, it won’t be wrong to say that Djokovic can overcome any hurdle in his way.

Playing under the sun for two days in a row can be a huge problem for the Serbian tennis player, but now he has to get out of the situation with his best intentions. Not only that, there are predictions that on the 23rd, when he will play in the quarterfinal, it is going to be one of the hottest days of the tournament, and the temperature will rise to 29 to 30 degrees.

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Not only that, after achieving a victory against Adrian Mannarino, Novak Djokovic equated Roger Federer’s record. Let’s take a look at how Nole, with an easy victory, created another record.

Djokovic equates Federer’s record during his Australian Open run 

After winning the 4th round of the tournament, the 24-time Grand Slam champion would play his 58 Grand Slam quarterfinals, which is equal to Roger Federer’s record. With 14 quarter-finals in Australia, the 36-year-old tennis star is also equal to Rafael Nadal as the joint second-highest at this particular tournament.

Moreover, even after starting the tournament and struggling with his form, at the beginning of the tournament, with this victory, he has definitely shown how he has risen up to his amazing level. He said, “Today was the best day in terms of tennis, the way I felt on the court. I’m really excited to enter the second week.” But now, after creating records and making it to the quarterfinals, it will be interesting to see whether he will make it through the tournament as a champion or not.

Nevertheless, what are your thoughts on Nole’s challenge for the quarterfinals? Do let us know in the comment section below.

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